Jewish Voice for Peace? Clearly Anti-Israel.

Silence is golden. So goes the proverb. But silence can be deadly when nongovernmental organizations claiming the mantles of human rights and peace fail to speak out when the lives of millions of Israelis are threatened by indiscriminate rocket fire. Each rocket from Gaza is a war crime, but only after Israel responded forcefully on Nov. 14 did these NGOs suddenly speak.

In the weeks prior to Operation Pillar of Defense, one such group, the Oakland-based Jewish Voice for Peace, lost its voice when Hamas and other terror groups were bombarding southern Israel. JVP was silent as 1 million Israelis were forced into shelters, as dozens were wounded, and children were traumatized.

Only after the Israel Defense Forces responded was JVP’s laryngitis cured. In record time, they created a section on their website called ‘Take Action for Gaza’ complete with links to anti-Israel protests around the world (at the Nov. 16 San Francisco protest promoted on this list, ‘peace activists’ chanted ‘Zionist scum, your time has come’) and a ‘Gaza protest toolkit.’ The ‘toolkit’ offers downloadable graphics with slogans like ‘Another Jew Against Attacks on Civilians. Stop the Bombs. Stop the Siege. Stop the Blank Check to the Israeli Military with U.S. Tax Dollars.’